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(Eagle News) — Light Rail Transit-2 passengers can get their tickets from vending machines instead, as ticket sellers have been stopped from selling the same. Light Rail Transit Authority spokesperson Hernando Cabrera made the statement after the Metro Rail Transit-3 reported hundreds of its personnel were infected by COVID-19. The MRT-3 suspended its operations temporarily to pave the way for a testing of its personnel and a disinfection of its facilities, including the trains. According […]
by Charly TRIBALLEAU KURUME, Japan (AFP) — Torrential rain pounded the center of Japan on Wednesday as authorities said 55 people were feared dead in days of heavy downpours that have triggered devastating landslides and terrifying floods. Rains that began early Saturday on the island of Kyushu have already caused widespread damage across a swathe of the southwestern portion of the country, causing rivers to burst their banks and hillsides to collapse. The weather front […]
by Tania Lee MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Shoppers in Australia’s second-biggest city stripped supermarket shelves Wednesday as millions in Melbourne prepared for a return to virus lockdown, with warnings the new restrictions will cost the economy Aus$1 billion a week. Five million residents were ordered back into a six-week lockdown beginning midnight Wednesday into Thursday as soaring community transmission of the coronavirus brings more than 100 new cases daily. A further 134 infections were detected […]
(Eagle News) — The number of coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the Metro Rail Transit-3 has reached 202. An update from the Department of Transportation said of the 202, 181 were depot personnel, 15 ticket sellers, three train drivers, two control center personnel, and one a nurse. Of the ticket sellers, the DOTr said eight were assigned at the North Avenue Station, three at the Araneta Center-Cubao Station, two at the GMA-Kamuning Station and one […]
(Eagle News) — The nine policemen allegedly involved in the deaths of four soldiers in Jolo on June 29 are now under restrictive custody in Camp Crame. In a statement, PNP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac said this was to ensure Police Senior Master Sergeant Abdelzhimar Padjiri; Police Master Sergeant Hanie Baddiri; Police Staff Sergeant Iskandar Susulan; Police Staff Sergeant Ernisar Sappal; Police Corporal Sulki Andaki; Patrolman Moh. Nur Pasani; Police Staff Sergeant Almudzrin Hadjaruddin; […]
(Eagle News)–Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has tested positive for COVID-19. Belmonte herself made the announcement on the city government’s official Facebook page on Wednesday, July 8. “Sa ngayon, maayos po ang aking kalagayan at wala po akong nararamdamang anumang sintomas,” she said. She said she was strictly following all Department of Health quarantine protocols. The Quezon City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit has also initiated contact tracing procedures. Belmonte said her office and city hall […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Wednesday, July 8, urged local government units to “beef up their digital platforms” as the country transitions to the new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In urging LGUs to fast-track the needed permits and clearances to set up crucial infrastructure such as cell sites that will improve Internet connectivity, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año noted the many people dependent on the Internet in the new normal. […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation on Wednesday, July 8, reminded international shipping lines to implement a minimum of eight days of free time period for consignees. Free time period refers to the period of discharge of cargoes from the ship to the port, in this case, all ports of the country. In a statement, the DOTr said the directive for the extension of the free period from the usual three days to five days, was […]
(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational flights for Wednesday, July 8: MIAA said flight schedules may be subject to changes. Travelers were advised to confirm their flights on the day they are scheduled as only those who have the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. Domestic flight operations are allowed provided there is approval from the local government unit. On Tuesday, the government allowed non-essential outbound […]
by Louis GENOT with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently downplayed the risks of coronavirus, announced Tuesday he has tested positive, as the United States — the nation hardest hit by the pandemic — formally launched its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO). The UN health agency meanwhile acknowledged that there was “emerging evidence” of airborne transmission of COVID-19, which has infected nearly 11.7 million people around […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the eastern sections of Visayas and Mindanao. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with chances of isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said these would be mostly in the afternoon or evening and are caused by localized thunderstorms too. Light to moderate winds are expected, while waters will be slight to moderate. The whole Visayas, Palawan and […]
(Eagle News) — A magnitude 4.8 quake rocked Zambales on Wednesday morning, July 8, and was even felt in parts of Metro Manila, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said in a bulletin. The tectonic quake that occured at 8:28 a.m. today, had a depth of 55 kilometers. Its epicenter was located at seven kilomters northwest of Cabangan, Zambales. It was felt at intensity 4 in San Felipe, Zambales, and at intensity […]
